 | Professional Home Stagers can take an abandoned room and create a welcoming oasis that will attract home buyers. Gary Baugher of An Eye 4 Change in Nashville, TN knows how to do just that. Home sellers often resist looking at their home as a highly critical buyer will. It’s like taking a good hard critical look in a full length 360 degree mirror. To really look you need to admit flaws and then figure out how to deal with them. That’s why hiring a real estate merchandiser or home stager can make so much difference. Stagers aren’t emotionally involved in the property and it’s their business to cost efficiently and quickly transform homes to appeal to buyers. |
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When Gary met the agent for this not-so-desirable vacant property, it had been sitting for 6 months. Given the average days on market for a house in this price range in Nashville is 71 days, it was long past it’s “best before” date. There was simply nothing to attract buyers to this old listing.
Within two days, An Eye 4 Change transformed the house by updating the paint colors, using some of the owner’s left over furniture and adding rental items. The home went on the market at $399,900 and within two days, there was a full price offer. Not bad for a market that usually needs 71 days to sell a house!
Home staging is all about romancing the home buyer, which is especially necessary in slow real estate markets.
I asked Gary Baugher how he got into home staging since I’ve been following his career over the past year and have always admired the style he brings to what he does.
“Working 15 years in management for a local car rental company and spending 50 hours a week behind a desk, I finally realized I didn’t want to do that for the rest of my life. And I wanted do something that would allow me to use my given talents, said Gary. “Inspired by selling 5 of my own homes for top dollar (in several cases raising the norm for the neighborhood) and the encouragement of friends who always said I was good at decorating and should make it a career, I began my journey and researched Home Staging. Aside from my own talents and ambition, I attribute my success to the Staging Diva Courses and Debra’s continued support. Most of all she helped me gain the confidence to put myself out there and follow my dream. She truly is an inspiration to all her students.”
Since starting An Eye 4 Change in August 2006, Gary Baugher has staged over $8 million of Nashville real estate with excellent results for home sellers and their agents.
Debra Gould, The Staging Diva®
President, Six Elements Inc. Home Staging
Internationally recognized home staging expert Debra Gould is president of Six Elements and creator of the Staging Diva Home Staging Business Training Program with 800+ Graduates worldwide. She is the author of “Staging Diva Ultimate Color Guide: The Easy Way to Pick Colors for Home Staging Projects”, and “Staging Diva Ultimate Guide: Creating The Perfect Portfolio to Sell Your Home Staging Services”.
Debra also offers a Directory of Home Stagers to help homeowners and real estate agents locate home stagers who will decorate homes to sell quickly and for top dollar.
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Fantastic job Gary! You did great! A turnaround of 2 days as opposed to the average 71 is a true testiment to the work you have done and to our profession in general. Keep up the great work!
Debra, Thanks so much for mentioning An Eye 4 Change. Your continued support, knowledge of the business and Staging Diva Courses make these success stories happen. In today’s market Staging plays such an important role. Success stories like this are proof STAGING WORKS !!!!!